Enigin News

February 2010

Enigin Can Help Organisations Fulfill Public Demand

Energy efficiency is winning over public opinion and they will support those that make efforts to become energy efficient. In a recent poll conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund and NRG energy, respondents indicate that they are most interested in energy efficiency: 47% in particular stating that the number one environmental ...

Friday 26th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Medvedev Wants Incentives For Russian Energy Efficiency

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stated that amendments in the Russian environmental laws should be aligned with energy efficiency matters, at a meeting with Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev. Medvedev explained that these amendments in environmental legislation should be accompanied by measures to encourage businesses to invest in energy saving ...

Thursday 25th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Energy Saving Leads To $60,000 For Hospital

It is a year since President Obama's Recovery Act and the US health secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, has highlighted a federal project to increase energy efficiency at a Shriners Hospital that will eventually save more than $60,000 per year. The Erie Shriners Hospital, Erie, Pennsylvania, received funding under American Recovery and ...

Thursday 25th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Thai Industries To Get Low Cost Energy Efficiency Loans

"Since energy use is rising, there is demand for improved energy efficiency. However, we need some capital to invest in these systems," said Rungruang Saipawan, director of The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) Institute of Industrial Energy. Funding for the project previously came from the state's Energy Conservation Fund (ECF), but ...

Thursday 25th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Korean Hospital Has Poor Energy Record

The Korea Times reports that one of the country’s largest hospitals is not very energy efficient and appears to need educating regarding energy saving solutions. As far as energy is concerned, Samsung Medical Center uses the most among the nation's 10 major hospitals, which are mainly situated in Seoul and the ...

Wednesday 24th February 2010 | Read full article

Energy Efficiency Solution Providers in South America see a boost

Energy efficiency solution providers are set to see a boost from a new focus on energy efficiency in Latin America, according to a BNamericas.com Energy Intelligence Series on energy efficiency across the continent. The report says there will be an increase in demand for efficient lighting technologies, industrial electric motors and ...

Wednesday 24th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Energy Savings Greater Than Expected

“The energy savings realised at our first Austin store location has been even greater than what we had originally expected,” said Edward Costa, Vice President of Construction for Office Depot. These comments were made after the US based office supply and services company revealed the results from their prototype energy ...

Tuesday 23rd February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin Update - Reducing Emissions Legislation Can Save You Money

Legislation to force organisations to become energy efficient may be unpopular, but in reality it can save the organisation a lot of money. As a case in point the UK, like many countries, is implementing schemes to compel commerce, industry and even the public sector to become energy efficient and reduce ...

Tuesday 23rd February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Power Saving Is Vital For Philippines

Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan shared energy-saving measures while addressing the Power Stakeholders Meeting at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao City, Philippines, over the weekend. It was highlighted that aside from ensuring power supply, saving power is being counted as a vital measure to take particularly ...

Monday 22nd February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - India Needs Help To Become Energy Efficient

Shockingly only 32% of Indians profess to know anything about climate change, so said Ansgar Sickert, Managing Director of Fraport India and Council Member of the European Business Group (EBG) in India. He is shocked by Indian’s ignorance of climate change compared with that of 75% in Brazil, 59% in ...

Sunday 21st February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Make Energy Saving Decisions Based On Data

It is wise to consider where energy savings can be made, but beware as it can be all too easy to make changes and not fully understand the costs involved. Take the UK city of Coventry for instance; they could save up to 40% on energy bills thanks to new energy ...

Friday 19th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin Update - Don't Save The Cheerleader & Save The World

Professional baseball in South Korea is planning to go green by installing electricity-saving equipment to reduce energy use, but that is not all. With a nod back to a popular television program - that suggested saving the cheerleader would save the world - the opposite could be said to be true ...

Friday 19th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Energy Conservation "State Of Emergency" In Jordan

The Kingdom of Jordan is beginning to crank up the pressure to become energy efficient. Encouraging environmental investments in the Kingdom and reducing energy consumption are among the Environment Minister Hazem Malhas’ top priorities for 2010. Malhas declared "a state of emergency" with regard to Jordan’s energy consumption, underscoring that all ...

Thursday 18th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - The Greenest Electricity Is The Electricity Never Generated!

Israeli Minister of National Infrastructures Uzi Landau said during the Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference & Exhibition: " Israel has decided to cut its energy consumption by 20% by 2020 under a business-as-usual scenario, which is an ambitious target, but needs a big budget.” The Israeli Globes website reports that Landau said ...

Thursday 18th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Asia Needs Energy Efficiency Technology

Asia's aggressive emission targets and legislation around carbon and power use are expected to drive demand for energy efficiency products and services. Although the climate talks at Copenhagen and commitments from around the region to slash emissions did not reach all the aims that were envisioned it still can help unlock ...

Wednesday 17th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - "Energy efficiency is a win-win."

"Energy efficiency is a win-win. Globally, it could provide around one quarter of the emissions cuts necessary to halt global warming, and save businesses and households hundreds of billions of dollars per year in energy costs. What's more, these measures are relatively cheap, quick and easy to implement," said Steve ...

Wednesday 17th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - How To Get Business To Eat The Veggies!

In Boulder, Colorado in the U.S. the City Council is taking pro-active measures to get the businesses and citizens to become energy efficient – although there are plenty of initiatives the council found plenty of apathy when it come to actually doing something. Convincing business owners to tackle even the tiniest ...

Tuesday 16th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - An iPod Or Going Green?

The Burlington Free Press reported on a conference in Vermont where Adam Kustin of the Shelton Group advised against using "Green" when considering energy efficiencies - and most of us would rather hold on to our iPods than have a "greener" environment, by the same token we do not like ...

Monday 15th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Energy Efficiency Can Power Economy

Energy efficiency is doing more to power the economy in the US than any other fuel mainstay, says Alliance to Save Energy President Kateri Callahan, who is visiting Israel for the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference as a guest of the Israel Energy Forum. When policymakers look at the basket of renewable ...

Monday 15th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News -'M'illumino di meno' - I'm using less light

Being Friday we thought we would bring you some “lighter” news. Today is 'M'illumino di meno' in Italy. The term translates as "I'm Using Less Light" and is an initiative started in 2005 by a radio programme in Rome called Caterpillar and is designed to focus attention on energy saving/wastage. During this truly ...

Friday 12th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - U.S. Grants For Energy Efficiency Plus Job Creation

The US government’s commitment towards environmental issues has been put in the spot light this week. The PEERS Group (Program for Energy Efficiency Through Responsible Stimulus), is a grassroots initiative that seeks matching government funds for existing state and utility energy efficiency rebates, the PEERS Committee is headed by the interNational ...

Friday 12th February 2010 | Read full article

South Korea Government Want Lighting Efficiency

The South Korean government announced today that it will spend $47 million this year to increase the use of energy efficient lighting products, aimed at helping South Korea cut back on greenhouse gas emissions. The funds will promote use of light-emitting diode (LED)-based lighting products, power transformers and inverters, according ...

Thursday 11th February 2010 | Read full article

Energy Efficiency Is The Way To Go

Increasingly authorities are realising that energy efficiency is the way ahead to get control on demands for energy and rising generation costs. This realisation was reached by the North West States in the United States. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council unanimously adopted a regional energy plan on Wednesday that avoids any ...

Thursday 11th February 2010 | Read full article

Haggis, Supermarkets, The Bottom Line & Enigin

The Financial Times reports on an Edinburgh haggis maker is and has been shouting about his green credentials, this has allowed the family run business employing 50 people to not only withstand the downturn but to come through it in better shape because their actions were not just about saving ...

Wednesday 10th February 2010 | Read full article

Save Billions With Enigin's Eniscope

Small and medium sized business just in the United Kingdom could be losing as much as £3 billion in 2010 as a result of inefficient equipment and energy wastage. The same pattern applies to most industrialised countries around the globe but innovative technology can help. The UK’s Carbon Trust reckons out-of-date ...

Tuesday 9th February 2010 | Read full article

Energy-Efficient Lighting Saves Canadian Tire $6M

Canadian Tire, a retailer of tyre and automotive parts, gas stations, general merchandise and apparel, is completing an energy-efficient lighting program in 361 stores. So far this has helped save over 45 million kilowatt hours of energy in 2009, and will help save another 85 million KWHs annually from 2010 onwards. ...

Monday 8th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin Can Help In The Bahamas

With more of a focus now on doing business in an environmentally-friendly way, companies in Grand Bahama may soon have the opportunity to gain certification in a local 'going green' program spearheaded by the Bahamas National Trust. Chairman of the regional branch of BNT, Karin Sanchez, explained that the Green Certification ...

Monday 8th February 2010 | Read full article

The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said on Friday that India will spare no efforts to contribute to the success of post-Copenhagen process when he announced the launch of a National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency, which is aimed at cutting carbon emissions by 99 million tonnes. Inaugurating an international ...

Monday 8th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin Helping Print Company Optimise Energy Use

TheAlternativePress.com is New Jersey's daily environmentally-friendly all-online alternative to your local newspaper and they have reported that Print Tech of Mountainside, New Jersey, has taken a major leap along the road to energy conservation. Print Tech has engaged Shift Into Green Energy to work with them on optimising their electrical energy ...

Friday 5th February 2010 | Read full article

Businesses Helped To Save Energy In San Francisco

In another example of how governments and local municipalities promote energy saving San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced that the city will invest $19.2 million to make the city more energy efficient, creating up to 22 new jobs and generating $3 million in energy savings every year. About $11.5 million ...

Friday 5th February 2010 | Read full article

Turn To Enigin & Save On Older Commercial Property

Refurbishing and retrofitting commercial buildings as part of an overall sustainable strategy, is the main challenge for many cities and regions over the next two to five years. With current demands for energy producing concerns over future consistency of supply and so-called “green” energy not being sufficient to fill in the ...

Thursday 4th February 2010 | Read full article

TV Spot-Lights Business Energy Saving

On prime-time TV in New Zealand, they have been running very useful one-minute episodes called The Energy Spot – it has been helping Kiwi's find practical ways to save energy and money in the home, but they are now shifting the emphasis to the work place. The programme will feature companies ...

Thursday 4th February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin Can Help You With Copenhagen Accord

Events like the Copenhagen Summit in December last year has implications for all sectors of the corporate, industrial and public sectors, as it will be the driver of much legislation and incentives for action to be taken to reduce energy use. January 31st was the deadline for nations to submit their ...

Wednesday 3rd February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin Can Help U.S. Speed Up Energy Efficiency

Federal and State governmental organisations are uniting in the U.S.A. to help offices, industrial sites and other buildings to become energy efficient and to do so quicker than originally planned. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that as part of President Obama’s Administration’s commitment to increasing energy efficiency and reducing ...

Wednesday 3rd February 2010 | Read full article

Enigin Can Help Fears Over Energy Costs

Commerce, industry and the public sector are concerned about raising energy prices. A poll conducted by Opinion Matters on behalf of an energy saving advice body, found that up to 49% of firms surveyed were concerned about rocketing energy prices. Energy-intensive businesses such as construction (55%) and hospitality (52%) were most ...

Tuesday 2nd February 2010 | Read full article

Save Energy & Money With Controls From Enigin

Engineering seems to be a fairly stable industry, stable in the sense that apart from the leading edge of engineering research, many engineers follow sound, tried and tested disciplines and processes. At times it is difficult to break down established barriers, but that can be a good thing as the engineers ...

Tuesday 2nd February 2010 | Read full article

IMF and World Bank Fund Energy Efficiency

Financial incentives to become energy efficient are now common place and show no sign of disappearing, in fact they will become evermore prominent as 2010 continues and governments drive towards reducing energy use. In Tunisia the World Bank (WB) is providing a line of credit worth $55 million for investment funding ...

Monday 1st February 2010 | Read full article

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